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Activation of Toll-like receptor 7/8 encoded by the X chromosome alters sperm motility and provides a novel simple technology for sexing sperm

In most mammals, the male to female sex ratio of offspring is about 50% because half of the sperm contain either the Y chromosome or X chromosome. In mice, the Y chromosome encodes fewer than 700 genes, whereas the X chromosome encodes over 3,000 genes. Although overall gene expression is lower in s...

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Autores principales: Umehara, Takashi, Tsujita, Natsumi, Shimada, Masayuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31408454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000398

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